Piezochemical mechanosynthesis
This kind of mechanosynthesis:
- is fully positionally constrained
- applies forces and torques
Full positional constraint is a prerequisite for applies forces and torques.
Unnaturality of the process
Force applying mechanosynthesis is a rather unnatural process. Unnatural chemistry so to say.
Some natural enzymes may be able to provide sufficient positional constraint such
that some small forces and torques are involved in bond reconfigurations.
But anything there is minute compared to the magnitude of forces and torques that
will be involved in force applying mechanosynthesis will use.
Where force applying mechanosynthesis will be performed
This would be performed in the molecular mills of future gem-gum factories. For:
- picking molecules up into machine phase
- Tooltip preparation in a tooltip preparation cycle. Making molecules into reactive moieties.
- Final deposition of moieties onto the crystolecules under assembly (under synthesis).
Factors influencing expectable throughput
Factors increase throughput:
- The forces and torques allow to massively speed up chemical reactions.
- The forces and torques make almost all attempts for reaction succeed unlike normal chemistry where its often more the reverse.
Factors decrease throughput:
- Unavoidably fat fingers reduce the number of reaction sides per volume compared to natural chemistry.
- Slow down of machinery speeds at the smallest scales to reduce dynamic friction in the many superlubricating nanoscale bearings.
While decreased spacial reaction site density cancels out with the increased temporal reaction frequency quite a bit
it is still important to keep the individual assembly cells (as in: volume per active reaction site) as small as possible.
This leads to a hard coded standard part factory line manufacturing design as the natural chice for the lowest assembly level.
